by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 9,210 people earned their degree in health/medical prep programs, making the major the 104th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, health/medical prep programs graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,184 and had an average of $21,459 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,509 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,534 and $18,141 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 742 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health/medical prep programs. That schools that top this list have a program in health/medical prep programs in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree medical prep students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mary Hardin - Baylor. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Belton, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s medical prep students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health/Medical Prep Programs at University of Mary Hardin - Baylor
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region. Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 144 bachelors’s medical prep degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lubbock Christian University landed the #3 spot on the list. LCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 336 degrees to qualified bachelors’s medical prep students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Nazarene University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Bethany, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s medical prep students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Arizona State University - Skysong did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Skysong is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 182 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at Arizona State University - Skysong
University of Central Oklahoma landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UCO is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at University of Central Oklahoma
University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 16 bachelors’s medical prep degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, Abilene Christian University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s medical prep degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at Abilene Christian University
With a ranking of #10, Hardin - Simmons University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Abilene, Texas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s medical prep degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at Hardin - Simmons
Oklahoma Christian University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s medical prep degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at Oklahoma Christian University
Dallas Baptist University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Dallas Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s medical prep degrees in 2020-2021.
Tarleton State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Medical Prep Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Tarleton State University is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s medical prep degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Health/Medical Prep Programs at Tarleton State University
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